The creative alchemy of artwork by Jacqueline Gribbin and Galuma Maymuru, respectively of Darwin and of east Arnhem Land, investigate non-Indigenous and indigenous scientific knowledge, epic and mythic storytelling. Jacqueline Gribbin is a printmaker, Galuma Maymuru is primarily a painter but also works in printmaking. Their works speak of our relationship to land and water setting operational nexus between science and Law, myth and life. Both artists acknowledge evolving environmental factors and threats to the intricate and interconnected marine world. The juxtaposition of their works sets up a threshold where art, science and Indigenous Law overlap.
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